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Apple adds support for new languages across lock screen, keyboard and search on iOS 18

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Apple unveiled iOS 18 last month at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). Since then, the company has released two developer betas in the last few weeks with extended support for multiple new languages across the lock screen, Siri, keyboard, and search on iOS 18. With the new update, you can now customize the lock screen […]

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Meta changes its label from ‘Made with AI’ to ‘AI info’ to indicate use of AI in photos

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After Meta started tagging photos with a “Made with AI” label in May, photographers complained that the social networking company had been applying labels to real photos where they had used some basic editing tools. Because of the user feedback and general confusion around what level of AI is used in a photo, the company

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Android’s upcoming ‘Collections’ feature will drive users back to their apps

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Google’s plan to promote Android apps outside its Play Store is starting to shape up, as a new feature called “Collections” reveals a way that users will be able to keep up with their apps from their Android home screen. At this year’s Google I/O developer conference, the company presented developers with tools to re-engage

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Google Gemini: Everything you need to know about the new generative AI platform

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Google’s trying to make waves with Gemini, its flagship suite of generative AI models, apps and services. So what’s Google Gemini, exactly? How can you use it? And how does Gemini stack up to the competition? To make it easier to keep up with the latest Gemini developments, we’ve put together this handy guide, which

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YouTube Premium upgrade adds smart downloads and picture-in-picture mode for Shorts

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YouTube is adding several new features for Premium users, including smart downloads and support for picture-in-picture mode for Shorts, as well as a wider rollout of its “Jump Ahead” feature for navigating through videos. The Google-owned video streaming platform already allows background play and picture-in-picture mode for long-form videos so you can consume content while

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Character.AI now allows users to talk with AI avatars over calls

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a16z-backed Character.AI said today that it is now allowing users to talk to AI characters over calls. The feature currently supports multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Japanese and Chinese. The startup tested the calling feature ahead of today’s public launch. During that time, it said that more than 3 million users had

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Bluesky lets you curate accounts and feeds to follow with its Starter Pack feature

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Social network Bluesky has added a new feature for users to create a curated list of people and custom feeds to follow. This feature, called “Starter Pack,” is intended to help users joining the social network to find interesting content right out of the gate. Existing users can add accounts and custom feeds to create

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Google Translate adds support for 110 languages, representing 614M speakers

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Google said today that it is adding support for 110 languages to its translation service. The company has used its PaLM 2 AI model to power translations.  These languages include Afar, Cantonese, Manx, Nko, Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Tamazight (Amazigh) and Tok Pisin. The company said the newly added languages represent over 614 million speakers or roughly

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Google improves search experience in the Chrome mobile app

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Facing new competition from startups like Arc, Google announced on Wednesday that it’s bringing five new features to the Chrome browser on mobile devices, each designed to enhance the search experience. These include new shortcuts for local search results, a refreshed address bar for easier navigation, trending search suggestions, live sports cards for fans, and

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